Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Media Watch is compiled for the Pacific Media Centre as a regional media freedom and educational resource by a network of journalists, students, stringers and commentators.
Pacific voices tell stories of climate change reality in new documentary
A new documentary Subject to Change, a collection of interviews and personal stories from across the Pacific, explores the impact of climate change. Video:...
UN official defends West Papuan rights – free speech, peaceful assembly
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West Papuan rights to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly have been defended by the Office of the UN High Commissioner...
Māori TV’s Iulia Leilua wins top Māori journalism awards
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Native Affairs journalist Iulia Leilua of Māori Television has won two major awards at the 2018 Ngā Kupu Ora Awards.
Leilua is...
Stop harassing Rappler, media advocacy groups tell Duterte
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have written a joint open letter to the prosecutor-general of...
Scott Waide reinstated – ‘thank you’ message from EMTV journalist
COMMENT: By Scott Waide, in an open letter posted on his blog after he was reinstated by EMTV today following suspension for broadcasting an...
Bryan Kramer: Who was culprit behind O’Neill government revenge on Waide?
COMMENT: By Bryan Kramer, MP for Madang
Papua New Guinea's O'Neill government has taken revenge against senior EMTV Reporter Scott Waide, who was suspended over...
PNG Media Council says bring back Waide – stop attacking free...
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The Media Council of PNG has called on the board and management of Media Niugini
Limited to allow senior EMTV journalist Scott...
Open letter from MP for Wabag: EMTV move ‘dictatorship before our...
OPINION: By Dr Lino Jeremaih Tom, MP for Wabag
The suspension of EMTV deputy news editor Scott Waide has brought us to a new low...
EMTV suspends senior journalist Scott Waide over NZ Maserati news story
The Maserati item from New Zealand's Newshub screened on EMTV News on 17 November 2018.
By Vincent Moses in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinean state-owned...
Scott Waide: PNGFM news boss calls for investigations, penalties for troops...
Scott Waide's blog highlights an open letter by Genesis Ketan, director of news, PNGFM:
As director of News for PNGFM, I am very disappointed at...
RSF condemns Chinese exclusion of journalists at APEC side events
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the discrimination practised by the Chinese delegation against local and international media at the summit...
‘Business as usual’ vows Parkop after storming of PNG Parliament, rioting
The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea came under attack yesterday as angry police and corrections officers stormed into Parliament Haus and destroyed the...
‘The people have spoken’ – Fiji Times comments on a...
EDITORIAL COMMENT: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times
Yesterday marked the end of the 2018 Fiji General Election.
It marked the end of a...
RSF condemns ‘tax evasion’ charge used to harass Philippine website
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Reporters Without Borders has condemned the tax evasion charges that the Philippine Department of Justice is bringing against the independent news...
Report fake page to Facebook plea from Fiji Times editor
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The Fiji Times has appealed to readers to report a fake Facebook account purporting to be the official page of the...
FijiFirst scores head start on social media for election, says journalist
By Rahul Bhattarai in Auckland
Fijians are counting down for their general election on Wednesday after early voting that started on November 5.
Prime Minister Voreqe...
Fiji PM rebukes journalist when challenged on media freedom laws
By Hannah Sinclair of SBS in Lautoka
Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the country’s restrictive media laws are not affecting next week's general election.
Journalists...
‘Rethink’ say ABC friends condemning Canberra’s Pacific media plan
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A public broadcasting advocacy group has condemned Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s plan to commercialise Pacific broadcasting as not being able...
JERAA launches new collaborative public interest journalism platform
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A new platform for storytelling and public interest journalism, showcasing the best work produced by Australian university journalism programmes, has been...
Solomon Islands students impressive at 18th USP journalism awards
By Wansolwara Staff
Solomon Islands student journalists impressed at the annual University of the South Pacific media awards marking the 50th year of the Fiji-based...
BDS activists reject Israeli fine, raise $33,000 for Gaza stress health
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Two New Zealand activists have raised thousands of dollars through crowdfunding after an Israeli court fined them for their role in...
Timor-Leste GMN media group ‘sacks’ editor over role on Press Council
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The news editor for National Media Group (GMN) in Timor-Leste has been dismissed due to his role as the TL Press...
